Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Praful N. Mahajan Vs Chief Officer, Achalpur Municipal Council & Others dated 03/05/2024. Counsel appearing for the Municipal Council, Achalpur has requested for additional time to be allowed to file objection against the joint committee report …
Nearly 40-60% of the orange orchards in the Vidarbha region have gone completely dry. Orange farmers in Maharashtra are caught in the grip of drought with their orchards withering amid an intense heat wave. Nearly 40-60% of the orange orchards in the Vidarbha region have gone completely dry. Shridhar Thakre, …
The turnover from tendu leaves exceeded Rs 3 crore and the average annual earnings for a village was a little over Rs 4 lakh. Mumbai: As a part of Communities Forest Resource (CFR) management, Maharashtra has seen an increasing trend in the auction of Tendu leaves by gram sabhas, as …
With temperatures already having crossed 40 degree Celsius in some places in Maharashtra, health authorities have circulated a list of standard responses to heat-related medical emergencies to all the district and rural hospitals, and primary health care centres. Though the situation is not as bad as last year, the multiple …
AMARAVATI: People of Andhra Pradesh seem to have become environment conscious. The purchase of Diwali fire crackers across the state has drastically come down in the current year compared to last. With the youth, particularly students, distancing themselves from the purchase of smoke-emanating, earbursting crackers, the sales are have nose-dived …
MUMBAI: Maharashtra has reported 852 farmer suicides in the four months between January to April this year, according to government data. This means an average of seven farmer suicides were reported every single day during this period. As many as 409 cases - or 48% - are from Vidarbha region, …
The State government on Tuesday informed the Bombay High Court that one state minister and one guardian minister will together take a three-day tour of drought-hit districts from March 4, to check how effectively schemes for the welfare of farmers are being implemented and then submit a report to the …
NAGPUR: The unique bicycle rally on "World Pollution Control Day" for propagating government schemes on tiger conservation and community development was organized by Satpuda Foundation in Melghat on Wednesday. The Jan Van Chetana rally was flagged off at Malakapur Gond village in the buffer of Melghat Tiger Reserve by Kishor …
The AP Forest Department is racing against time to plug the gaps in its bid to secure denotification of 19,000 hectares of reserve forest land in Krishna and Guntur districts so that it can be used for the Amaravati capital city project. “The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has …
Project involving around 500 structures would require budget of Rs 100 crore. Nearly 500 traditional structures to aid water conservation that were built during the 1972 drought are being revived as part of a better water management strategy by the state government. The estimated budget for the project is not …
A report by the state Mother and Child Welfare Department, in Melghat’s Amravati, shows 500 children on an average die every year,as against its population of 3 lakh. Even as courts remain shut on summer break, the Bombay High Court has fixed a hearing with top state officials on May …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Society for Environmental Protection Amravati Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/08/2014 regarding the establishment of a Amravati Thermal Power Project which allegedly would not only destroy environment of Amravati city but would also deprive …
The situation is quite alarming. In Raigad district, 9,000 children were found to be malnourished and of this 918 were reported to be severely affected. This shocking fact came to light in a joint survey conducted by the state's health department and the women and children welfare department. Taking serious …
NAGPUR: The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) decision to allow capture of 20 forest owlets in east and west Melghat divisions outside Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR) has come in for sharp criticism by former forest officials and conservationists. Forest owlet is listed as critically endangered by the International Union …
Petition filed by two doctors from Amravati seeking contempt action against the state and its chief secretary for not acting on the orders of the HC The Bombay High Court today asked the Maharashtra government to file an affidavit by November 20 informing what steps it had taken to prevent …
Even if hilly Melghat has good potential for solar energy, heavy rain during monsoon makes solar energy projects ineffective. To tide over the crisis wind-solar energy projects can be the best solution for tribal-dominated region in Amravati district, said Maharashtra chief secretary Jayant Kumar Banthia. He, along with principal secretary …
At least 20 persons have lost their lives while more than 5,000 have to be evacuated from low-lying areas of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra following heavy rain. According to the disaster management cell, 5,204 persons have been evacuated with more than 2,000 shifted to relief camps set up in government …
NAGPUR: With 46 tiger deaths in just 7 months this year in the country, most of them due to poaching and several shrouded in mystery, the Global Tiger Day on Monday will be celebrated under a dark shadow. Looking at the startling revelations by organized tiger poachers, arrested recently near …
NAGPUR: Many politicians and project proponents see buffer zones around tiger reserves as a hurdle in development but clearance to Baglinga minor irrigation project in Melghat by the National Board for Wild Life (NBWL) shows that genuine development is permissible in such zones. The standing Committee of NBWL on March …
Maharashtra’s Tribal Development Department is helping 18 villages in three districts to use the Forest Rights Act to exercise their control over tendu leaves. Eighteen villages in the Gadchiroli, Gondia and Amravati districts of Maharashtra have decided to collectively exercise their rights over tendu leaves this season under the Forest …
